Our Team
Executive Staff
Yasmeen Hamza
Chief Executive Officer
Alena Victor
Chief Program Officer
Carolyn Antonio
Director, Development
Quiana Stokes Haynes
Director, Finance
Sasha-Ann Frazer
Associate Director, Community Programs
Shan Huang
Associate Director, Special Programs
Taykina Chowdhury
Associate Director, Residential Programs
Franchesca Parra
Human Resources Manager
Ayaka Matsushima
Manager, Brooklyn Community Office
Reema Sharma
Manager, Community Education and Outreach
Brooke Barber
Manager, Grants
Rahnum Tasnuva
Manager, Helpline
Alisha Mohammed
Manager, Legal Program
Kaori Nagao
Manager, Manhattan Community Office
To Be Announced
Manager, Operations and IT
Farzahana Akhtar
Manager, Pathways to Empowerment
Mary Caparas
Manager, Project Free
To Be Announced
Manager, Queens Community Office
WuYu Cao
Manager, Residential Programs
To Be Announced
Manager, Residential Programs
Board of Directors
Narges M. Kakalia
Chair
Partner, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, PC
Nina Pineda
Vice Chair
Consumer Reporter, WABC-TV
Jenifer Garvey
Treasurer
Financial Services Professional
Alexander Ong
Secretary
Technology Consultant
Yogesh Bahl
Board Member
Deborah Chan
Board Member
Attorney, Law Office of Deborah Chan, PC
Sujata Dayal
Board Member
VP & Global Chief Compliance Officer, Medline Industries
Flora Feng
Board Member
Senior Legal Director, PepsiCo
Merv Garretson
Board Member
Group Creative Director, Hearst
Susanna Hong
Board Member
Managing Partner, Broadleaf Capital Advisor
Mae Hsieh
Board Member
New York University JD/MBA
Joanna Martin
Board Member
Global VP, Communications & Social Media, Kiehl's
Eric Su
Board Member
Partner, Crowell & Moring
Jarret Yoshida
Board Member
Interior Designer, Jarret Yoshida, Inc.
Honorary Board of Directors
Connie Chung
Honorary Board Member
Television Journalist
Karen Elizaga
Honorary Board Member
Executive Coach, Forward Options LLC and Author, Find Your Sweet Spot
Victoria W. Hsu
Honorary Board Member
Director, J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
Pauline Lee
Honorary Board Member
ESL Instructor
Emeritus Board of Directors
Zal Dabhoiwala
Emeritus Board Member
IT Auditor, Banco do Brasil
Ankur Keswani
Emeritus Board Member
Senior Managing Director, Serengeti Asset Management
Hoon-Jung Kim
Emeritus Board Member
Corporate Counsel, Google Inc.
Janet Akie Masamitsu
Emeritus Board Member
Owner/Metalsmith, Janet Sterling Silver Design
Cassidy Sehgal-Kolbet
Emeritus Board Member
Vice President, Digital and Advertising Law, L'Oreal USA
Niketa Sheth
Emeritus Board Member
Kyoko Waseda-Hida
Emeritus Board Member
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs
Young Professionals Board
Pamela Rose
Co-President
K-12 Educator (Mandarin)
David Chang
Co-President
Research Assistant, Paul Weiss
Ivy Shen
Donor Relations
Associate Director, Leadership Gifts and Stewardship, Human Rights Watch
Ellen Choi
Membership Chair
Mitali Das
YPB Member
Account Supervisor, Burson Cohn & Wolfe